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Teachers will need to check the Censor’s rating for the following texts to ensure the follow the law. This web address will help:
www. Censorship.govt.nz/DDA/Pages/Screens/DDA/DecisionSearchCriteriaPage.aspx

Text Title
Text Author
Comment
Amadeus


American Beauty


American History X


An Education


Apocalypse Now


Atonement


Babel


Blood Diamonds (R16)


Cabaret (R16)


Capote


Captain Corelli’s Mandolin


Crash (R16)


Dead Man Walking


Defiance (R16)


Emma


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close


Fahrenheit 911


Fracture


Gattaca


Gladiator


Heavenly Creatures


Homelands (TV Series)


Infamous


In My Father’s Den (R16)


Jane Eyre


Little Miss Sunshine


Memento


Midnight in Paris


Mr Pip


North Country


Pan’s Labyrinth


O Brother Where Art Thou


Once Were Warriors


One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest


Othello


Out of the Blue (R15)


Pan’s Labyrinth


Pleasantville


Pride and Prejudice


Psycho


Rain


Regeneration


Scarfies


Sense and Sensibility


Summer Heights High (Mockumentary series)


Sylvia


The Bourne Identity


The Color Purple


The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – in original form (with subtitles)


The Godfather (R16)


The Hours


The Human Centipede


The Hurt Locker (R16)


The Kite Runner


The Last King of Scotland (R16)


The Lives of Others


The Lovely Bones


The King’s Speech


The Quiet American


The Piano


The Pianist


The Reader


The Station Agent


There Will Be Blood


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